I read about using Gojo to clean cabinets on "that other forum", so this is not an idea that I dreamed up. It was suggested that applying Gojo, Goop, or other waterless hand cleaner to cabinets with 0000 steel wool was just the cat's pajamas for removing dirt, furniture polish, finger prints and other gunge. The kind recommended was the smooth, white stuff, and not the orange with pumice kind.

I decided to use this method on my Concert Grand. Not having done this before, I chickened out on using 0000 steel wool, and used a chunk of cheesecloth instead. I made a pad of cheesecloth, dipped the pad in the hand cleaner and applied it liberally to the cabinet, one section at a time. I wiped it with the grain, until it started turning liquid. I let it set for two or three minutes. Then I put more Goop on the cheesecloth, and rubbed it again, again with the grain. I was amazed at the amount of old black crud that came off. I took a terry cloth towel, damp but not dripping and wiped the dirty material off. I rinsed the towel and wiped, repeating this process until nothing came off on the towel. I wiped the surface dry and repeated on the next panel, and so on, until I had the entire top and both sides done. I let this dry for an hour or so, then applied orange oil. The difference, as promised, was truly amazing. Breathtaking. I have a radio cabinet that I was planning to refinish that I am going to use Goop and 0000 steel wool on, just for practice. I admit to being skeptical, but it works.

I was really leery about using steel wool on my Concert Grand. Not that I doubted the effectiveness of the procedure, but rather my abilities. And as you so aptly pointed out, Doc, I would rather have to do it twice, than to go too far. My experience has caused me to doubt the necessity of using steel wool at all. I used a small amount of Goop on places on the chassis to remove some kind of sticky gunge that had attracted dirt. I ike cheap, home remedy type products, rather than having to remember to buy some exotic sauce of some kind.

75, Murphy's Oil Soap is fine for cabinets. I use it sometimes myself. My Concert Grand cabinet has some kind of slimy gunge on it that Windex, Murphys, and a couple others would not touch. I did not want to use turpentine on this cabinet. Then I read the thread on ARF about using waterless hand cleaner. I gave it a shot and I am impressed. Like others have mentioned, I am still leery of using steel wool.

Thanks, Doc and Doug. Doc, I am a retired auto mechanic, and it is a cardinal sin around here to be out of hand cleaner, for obvious reasons. Thanks for the tip. And Doug, I have no idea what the stuff was, but it was stubborn to remove. Goop got it. Now I need to find some Johnson's paste wax. Walmart should have it.